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The Black Book is a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirms Orhan Pamuk's reputation as a writer of international stature, comparable to Borges and Calvino.
Galip is an Istanbul lawyer, and his wife, Ruya, has vanished. Could she be hiding out with her half brother, Jelal, a newspaper columnist whose fame Galip envies? And if so, why isn't anyone in Jelal's flat?
As Galip plays the part of private investigator, he assumes the identity of Jelal himself, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even faking his wry columns, which he passes off as the work of the missing journalist. But the amateur sleuth bungles his undercover operation, and with dire consequences.
Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, The Black Book is a labyrinthine novel suffused with the sights, sounds, and scents of Istanbul. An unforgettable evocation of the city where East meets West, The Black Book is a boldly unconventional mystery that plumbs the elusive nature of identity, fiction, interpretation, and reality.
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Fiction, Missing persons, False personation, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Missing persons, fiction, Istanbul (turkey), fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Cuentos jurídicos, Novela policíaca, Ficción, Personas desaparecidas, Usurpación de personalidad, Legal stories, Investigation, Lawyers, Fiction, general, Novela, Subkultur, Attentat, Roman, TextPlaces
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Hei se zhi shu
2007, Mai tian chu ban, Cheng bang wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese
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El libro negro (The Black Book)
January 15, 2007, Punto de Lectura
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- first edition
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El Libro Negro / The Black Book
June 30, 2006, Alfaguara
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in Spanish
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El libro negro (Kara Kitap / The Black Book)
May 1, 2005, Punto de Lectura
Mass Market Paperback
in Spanish
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The Black Book
November 4, 2002, Faber and Faber
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Kara Kitap.
1999, Iletisim, Iletisim Yayinlari, İletişim
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Das schwarze Buch.
October 1, 1997, Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt
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3596129923 9783596129928
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